Gunmen Kill Two Shiites in Separate Attacks
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Gunmen shot and killed a doctor and a shopkeeper in separate attacks on minority Shiite Muslims in the southern city of Karachi, and the deaths sparked rowdy protests by hundreds of youths, police said.
The majority of Pakistanis are Sunni Muslims, and most of them live in peace with Shiites. But militant extremist groups from both sects have emerged in recent years and routinely carry out attacks. Most of the victims have been Shiites.
Hundreds of Shiites, mostly youths, took to the streets, demanding that the killers be arrested.
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